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Do you shower too much? with Dr. James Hamblin

Do you shower too much? with Dr. James Hamblin

Update: 2022-12-064
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What would happen if you just … stopped showering? After all, we spend way more time washing than our ancestors ever did. Abdul reflects on the way the soap industry has created demand for its products by playing on our insecurities. Then he interviews Dr. James Hamblin, a preventive medicine doctor and author of the book “Clean: The New Science of Skin and the Beauty of Doing Less” about what he learned by not showering.

 

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